Pick your speakers and your amplifier. See the peak level your system actually reaches at your seat, measured against a real calibration standard.
Headroom against your target
Peak level as you move back
What your system reaches ±3 dB uncertainty Your target level Your seat
What this means
The arithmetic, step by step
Sources, and where this model is weak
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